An Add-a-Pearl necklace or bracelet starts with a few pearls on a silk-strung chain or cord and adds pearls on birthdays and milestones until the strand is complete — a classic newborn and childhood gift.
If you have the lucky occasion of receiving a newborn into your family, you may be familiar with the add pearls necklace. You gift a necklace to the newborn child with a given amount of pearls of a specific size and quality. As each year goes by, you gift one or more pearls for each birthday. When she reaches her 16th birthday, College Graduation or Wedding Day, she can attend the event draped in her completed cultured pearl necklace. A truly sentimental gift whose meaning will be with her for life. Family members can contribute too adding an invaluable sentiment to the completed necklace. We strongly recommend 6.5 x 7mm as the starter size as smaller sizes will be too small for her once she matures. Our pearls are stranded with double knotted silk thread, never with a gold chain which can discolor the pearls over time.Please remember to choose 6.5 x 7mm as your pearl size from the drop down menu which is our standard size and most popular choice. This is the perfect pearl size for her to wear in the future when the pearl necklace is complete. You will see this choice after clicking a product below.
A starter strand with a few pearls; more pearls are added over the years until the necklace or bracelet is full.
Most families begin at birth or a christening and add pearls on each birthday.
Silk with knots between pearls protects them from rubbing and keeps the strand secure if it breaks.
